Deep Waters (The Security Specialists) by Jessica R. Patch

Author:Jessica R. Patch [Patch, Jessica R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Published: 2017-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Now that it was down to the wire and go time, Caley wasn’t nearly as confident as she’d been last Saturday night when she’d put her foot down about going undercover at the Nest. She’d woken on Sunday morning and gone to church accompanied by Shep and Miss Whittle—who didn’t seem to have a single worry. Shepherd had tried to talk her out of going in undercover, but when he’d realized she was as stubborn as a mule, he’d agreed and made a call to Tom.

Tom confirmed that the club was known for peddling drugs and that there had been a few busts in recent years, but nothing about selling turtle eggs. That didn’t mean they weren’t, though. He was still poking around unofficially, but he hadn’t been able to turn up anything more than what Shepherd and Caley had.

She stood in front of her mirror and adjusted the honey-blond wig she was using for a cover, frowning at her overdone makeup. But she had a part to play. She couldn’t fail.

Marching out of her bedroom, she splayed her hands at her side and looked at Shep. “Well?”

“I like you better as a brunette.”

She smirked. Shepherd had been quiet these past several days, but that wasn’t out of character for him. After he’d rejected her, she understood his need to keep an even wider distance between them. But she wasn’t going to approach him again. Maybe he needed to know that.

“Hey,” she said as he laid a dark bag on the coffee table. “I want you to know that I’m sorry about last Saturday. Outside on the patio. It won’t happen again.”

Pausing, Shep glanced at her. “Okay.”

Okay? Seriously?

No point pushing him to express anything more. “Okay,” she mumbled.

He retrieved a small black button thingy from the bag. “If you have any doubts,” Shep said, “now is the time to tell me. I don’t like this to begin with, and if Wilder finds out, he’s going to come unhinged.”

“Then he won’t find out.” Caley shrugged off the nerves. She had plenty of doubts, but they had to find out what was going on in that back room. It might be the only solid lead to finding Mary Beth’s killer and the man attacking her.

“You aren’t ready for this.” He pinned her with a scowl.

Well, she had to be. “I am. And with all this getup you’re about to put on me, it’ll be like you’re right beside me.”

“I can’t go in. Can’t be seen with you. What choice did I have? Come here.”

She stepped closer. “This is an earwig. You’ll be able to hear me.”

She nodded. The feel of his hands in her hair, moving it aside to place the earwig in her ear, reminded her of the day they’d parked in the driveway, pretending to care about each other. He’d run his hands through her hair.

“How does it feel?”

His hand? Amazing. The earwig? “Tight.”

“Good.” He locked his gaze on her, let her hair fall back over her ear. “Ready for the mic,” he said with a husky voice.

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